“The U'wa people, by the power we have held for thousands of years, feel ourselves compelled to call out to the world. Understand that the strength of our power is with our words. We, the U'wa, are nonviolent people. Our power is our instinctive respect and spiritual consciousness.
All: 2005
The Price of Oil
New York Times - Magazine | More than 35 years ago, an offshore drilling rig spilled approximately three million gallons of oil into the waters near Santa Barbara. A massive slick covered hundreds of square miles and killed thousands of birds, seals and dolphins; the white beaches of California turned black with crude.
Amazon Watch Calls on ConocoPhillips to Reconsider Burlington's Risky Holdings in Ecuador and Peru
San Francisco - ConocoPhillips' agreement yesterday to acquire Houston-based Burlington Resources comes with serious environmental, political, and financial liabilities, Amazon Watch said today in a letter sent to James Mulva, the CEO of ConocoPhillips.The letter and an accompanying dossier described Burlington's invol
Amazon Watch letter to ConocoPhillips -- Amazon Watch Calls on ConocoPhillips to Reconsider Burlington's Risky Holdings in Ecuador and Peru
James J. MulvaChairman and Chief Executive OfficerConocoPhillips600 North Dairy Ashford (77079-1175)P.O. Box 2197Houston, TX 77252-2197Fax: 281.293.5555Dear Mr.
Osinerg Could Sanction TGP Over Pipeline Spills - Peru
BNamericas.com | Peru's energy regulator Osinerg will hire an international consulting firm to carry out an emergency review of the Camisea project's natural gas liquids (NGLs) pipeline operated by TGP after four spills in the past 15 months, the mines and energy ministry said in a statement.Osinerg could fine TGP, force it to adopt ce
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Oil and Cancer in Ecuador Ecuadoran Villagers Believe High Rates of Disease are Tied to Petroleum Pollution, a Contention that Chevron Disputes
San Francisco Chronicle | Taracoa, Ecuador - On the porch of an Amazonian village store, a shirtless man flicks a rag at flies."Does Maruja Garrido live here?" we ask.No answer. He raises his eyes, then flicks his rag again.A woman in a pink dress appears beside him.
Peru Threatens to Revoke Hunt Oil’s Pipeline Concession After Repeated Spills in the Rainforest
Peru’s Camisea Project Paralyzed by Fuel Spills and Indigenous River Blockade (Lima, Peru) – Texas-based Hunt Oil’s consortium faces the suspension or loss of its concession to run a controversial, $1.6 billion, trans-Andean pipeline carrying gas from the Peruvian Amazon to the Pacific Coast.
UN Demands Ecuador Protect Leaders of Lawsuit against Chevron Human Rights Official Calls for Rule of Law and Details of Police Probe
San Francisco, USA – The United Nations has called on the Ecuadorian government to guarantee the safety of lawyers and leaders of a landmark environmental lawsuit against Chevron, following a series of threats and acts of harassment in recent weeks.The request came in a letter from Hina Jilani, the UN Secretary
Hunt Oil Gets Warning: Amazon Destruction Will Harm Your Project’s Financing
Hunt Oil Criticized for Choosing Destructive Practices and for Repeated Spills in the Most Biodiverse Rainforest on Earth Project Revenues Fuel Peru’s Military SpendingIn a letter sent to Hunt Oil’s CEO Ray Hunt on Friday, environmental groups warned the Texas Company that its abysmal record of Amazon destru
TERCER PRONUNCIAMIENTO DE LAS FEDERACIONES DE COMUNIDADES NATIVAS DEL BAJO URUBAMBA
AL MINISTERIO DE ENERGÍA Y MINASA PERUPETROA OSINERGA LA EMPRESA TGPA LA EMPRESA PLUSPETROLAL PRESIDENTE DEL GOBIERNO REGIONAL DEL CUSCOA LA SRA. ALCALDESA DE LA MUNICIPALIDAD PROVINCIAL DE QUILLABAMBAAL SR.
Machiguengas and Yines Launch Urubamba River Blockade
Protesting the Fourth Gas Spill of the Camisea Project, Communities Demand an Independent Audit of the Entire PipelineThe indigenous organizations COMARU, CECONAMA and FECONAYY of the Urubamba River, in Cusco, Peru today initiated a blockade of the Urubamba River in protest of the fourth gas leak of the Camisea Project
NGO letter to Hunt Oil on Latest Camisea Spill
December 2, 2005Mr. Ray L. Hunt, CEOHunt Oil CompanyFountain Place, 1445 Ross at Field, Suite 1400Dallas, TX 75202-2785 Dear Mr.
Chevron Shareholders Submit Resolution Addressing Ecuadorian Contamination Controversy
For the third year in a row, Chevron Corporation shareholders have submitted a resolution on Texaco’s toxic legacy in Ecuador.
Machiguengas y Yines Inician Toma del Río Urubamba en la Madrugada del Viernes 2 de Diciembre
URGENTECONFERENCIA DE PRENSA VIERNES 2 A LAS 10 A.M. En protesta por cuarto derrame de gas del Proyecto Camisea Las organizaciones indígenas COMARU (Consejo Machiguenga del Río Urubamba), CECONAMA (Central de Comunidades Nativas Machiguengas) y FECONAYY (Federación de Comunidades Nativas Yine Yami
‘Chevron Lobbying U.S. Congress to Interfere with Ecuador Judicial Process' warn Indigenous Leaders
Amazon Watch is calling on Representative Bill Thomas (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, to respond to a letter from Ecuadorian rainforest leaders urging Congress to resist Chevron’s lobbying to kill a $6 billion environmental lawsuit.In the letter, from the Amazon Defense Coalition, Chevron
Organizacion Indigena Regional Atalaya Pronunciamiento Sobre Derrame Camisea
PRONUNCIAMIENTOAl Presidente de la República del Perú, Dr.
Plaintiffs Blast Chevron Lobbying
Roll Call | A group of plaintiffs who are suing Chevron Corp.
Perú: Cuarto Derrame en un Año de Gasoducto Camisea Preocupa a Comunidades
Servindi.org | El 24 de noviembre a las 4.53 se produjo el cuarto derrame de líquidos entre los Km. 50 y 52 del Derecho de Vía afectando territorios de alta biodiversidad como la Reserva Comunal Machiguenga y contaminando el río bajo Urubamba produciendo mortandad de peces.
COMARU - CECONAMA 2do Pronunciamiento Sobre Cuarto Derrame de Camisea
SEGUNDO PRONUNCIAMIENTO DE LAS FEDERACIONES DE COMUNIDADES NATIVAS DEL BAJO URUBAMBA28 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2005AL MINISTERIO DE ENERGÍA Y MINASA PERUPETROAL DEFENSOR DEL PUEBLOA LA DEFENSORÍA DEL PROYECTO GAS DE CAMISEAA OSINERGA LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN NACIONALESA LA
COMARU Pronouncement on Camisea Project's 4th Gas Spill
To the Ministry of Energy and MinesTo PerupetroTo the Defensor del Pueblo (Human Rights Ombudsman)To the Defensoria del Proyecto Camisea (Human Rights Ombudsman on the Camisea Project)To OSINERG (Peru Energy Regulatory Agency)To the Regional Government of CuscoTo the General Public
Amazonian Indigenous Leader in San Francisco Available for Interview ***Photos and B’Roll Footage Available.***
Who: Humberto Piaguaje, a leader of the Secoya nation of the Ecuadorian Amazon in the landmark $6 billion lawsuit against Chevron for its devastation of the rainforest in Ecuador, regarded by many experts as the world’s worst oil-related environmental disaster.Where: San Francisco City Hall, lower levelWhen: F
"Crude Reflections Comes to San Francisco" Photo Exhibit Documents Chevron’s Toxic Devastation of the Ecuadorian Amazon Photos, footage and interviews available in English and Spanish.
(Note to media: The show runs at San Francisco City Hall from Nov 14 to Dec 30, 8am-8pm, Mon-Fri. The official launch is at City Hall on Nov 16, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, with the program starting at 6:15pm. A press conference will be held on the lower level of City Hall at 11am on.Tuesday, Nov 15.
Ecuador Plaintiffs Allege Threat
2005 Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. | Threats have been made against the Ecuadorian leaders of an environmental lawsuit against Chevron and an international human rights commission should step in to help, says a petition filed Tuesday.Chevron is defending itself in Ecuadorian courts against accusations that one of its predecessor companies, Texaco, dumped
Chevron Rejects Liability Claim
Oil Daily | US supermajor Chevron has failed to disclose a potential multibillion dollar liability over alleged environmental contamination in Ecuador's Amazon jungle, according to the environmental organization Amazon Watch.The group says Chevron could be liable for clean-up costs of $6 billion to $10 billion as a result of a law
Amazon Watch Says Chevron Hiding Massive Liability in Ecuador Amazon Watch Letter to Chevron Charges 'Cover Up' of Rainforest Disaster
San Francisco /PRNewswire/ - Chevron was accused today by Amazon Watch of failing to disclose a potential multi-billion dollar liability in a growing scandal that raises major issues of corporate governance at the California-based oil giant.For the first time, the corporation was publicly charged with misleading shareh
Chevron’s “Conservation” Awards: Company Behind World’s Worst Oil Disaster Tries to Greenwash Image Attention Photo Editors: Great Visuals and B’Roll Footage Available
Embargoed to 12.01am PST, Friday, October 28, 2005: What: Chevron Destruction Awards (coinciding with the 51st annual “Chevron Conservation Awards”).
Chevron's Massive Liability: Amazon Watch Letter to Chevron Lawyer
October 25, 2005Mr. Edward B. ScottVice President and General CounselChevron International Exploration and Petroleum Company6001 Bollinger Canyon RoadSan Ramon, CA 94583 Dear Mr.